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aqu-20849-42-yacht-model-launch-hero — Aquila Power Catamarans
Summary
- Length overall
- 41.5 ft
- Beam
- 21 ft
- Maximum speed
- —
- Cruising speed
- —
- Range
- —
* A standard reference image, not the actual boat — shown to help visualise this model's published dimensions.
Speed, Power & Tanks
What the builder publishes about how fast, how strong and how much the boat carries.
Design Category
Certified CE design category A (Ocean): the wind and waves the EU Recreational Craft Directive says this boat is designed to take.
- D
Sheltered waters
- Wind
- up to Beaufort 4
- Waves
- up to 0.3 m
- C
Inshore
- Wind
- up to Beaufort 6
- Waves
- up to 2 m
- B
Offshore
- Wind
- up to Beaufort 8
- Waves
- up to 4 m
- AThis boat
Ocean
- Wind
- above Beaufort 8
- Waves
- above 4 m
Design limits set by the EU Recreational Craft Directive (2013/53/EU), in significant wave height. A category covers the conditions of those below it. It is the limit the boat was designed to, not a promise that it is safe in any conditions within it — that judgement stays with the skipper.
Dimensions
- LOA
- 41.5 ft (12.64 m)
- Hull length
- —
- LWL
- —
- Beam
- 21 ft (6.4 m)
- Draft (min)
- —
- Draft (max)
- —
- Air draft
- 18 ft (5.49 m)
- Displacement
- 34,613 lb (15,700 kg)
- Ballast
- —
- Cabins
- 2
- Heads
- 3
- Berths
- 8
Performance
- Maximum speed
- —
- Cruising speed
- —
- Range
- —
- Guests
- —
- Crew
- —
Engine and Tanks
- Engine
- —
- Engine count
- —
- Engine manufacturer
- —
- Propulsion type
- —
- Fuel capacity
- —
- Fresh water capacity
- —
- Black water capacity
- —
Construction
- Hull material
- —
- Deck material
- —
- Rudder type
- —
- Steering wheels
- —
Builder's Own Figures
- Loaded displacement
- 19,000 KG / 41,895 LB
- CE persons
- A: 8, B:12, C:16, D:2
- Cabins/heads
- 2 / 3 / 4
- Sleeps
- 8+
- Maximum passengers
- 24 (certified persons, not guests)
- Air draft basis
- height above waterline with hardtop
- Displacement basis
- light displacement
Figures read fromaquilaboats.com/models/yachts/42· Specificationsread 9/14/2026
About Aquila Power Catamarans
Premium production
Power-catamaran builder founded in 2012 by Lex Raas with MarineMax and the Xiong family's Sino Eagle Group — eighteen models from the 28 Molokai to the 70 Luxury across the Molokai, Sport, Coupe, Yacht and Luxury lines, plus new 45 and 50 sailing catamarans — built at Sino Eagle's yard in Hangzhou with over 1,000 boats delivered.
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Every model Aquila Power Catamarans publishes, by length — where this one sits in the range.
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